How to Brew up a Glass of London Hooch

Welcome to the Bloodletter’s Arms for our annual seasonal celebrations. Tonight I’d like to introduce you to our speciality house tipple, which has been fermented in oak coffins for the discerning taste of our gothic clientele. It’s red, bubbly and bursting with the taste of iron girders. We call this one, ‘Vlad to be here’. I propose a toast to you all, to an eternity of indifference and alternate reality. Here is my secret recipe.

(WARNING: This is not for the faint-hearted; children should not try this at home without adult supervision.)

Take partially germinated human blood and mix with eggs to make a frothy mush. This process converts the human form into dust, which is used to re-group into a new species.

The new species is drawn off once the dust is spent and boiled in a vat over an open fire.

Separate new life form from the fire and cool in a blood bag labelled, ‘handle with care’.

Water is then added to convert the life form into something you might not want to take home to meet the parents.

It smells like a chundering traction gurney and spews heat like hell’s fire from the underground that fuels London.

Suck it up quick before you gag and preferably not within sight of anyone in their right mind.

Twelve hours later, your skull splits open and peels you from the inside out.

Some people feel slightly nauseous, but once this process is complete you’ll feel perfectly normal.